Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. - s. 213(3)(b) of the LTCA

Approval

Headnote

Clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act -- application by manager, with no prior track record acting as trustee, for approval to act as trustee of pooled funds and future pooled funds to be established and managed by the applicant and offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Statutes Cited

Loan and Trust Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.25, as am., s. 213(3)(b).

March 7, 2008

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3Y4

Attention: William J.E. Jones

Dear Sirs/Medames:

RE:
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (the "Applicant")
Application pursuant to clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) for approval to act as trustee
Application No. 2008/0045

Further to your application dated February 19, 2008 (the "Application") filed on behalf of the Applicant, and based on the facts set out in the Application and the representation by the Applicant that the assets of Burgundy Pooled Funds, as defined and listed on Schedule "A", and such other funds as the Applicant may establish from time to time will be held in the custody of a trust company incorporated, and licensed or registered, under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction, or a bank listed in Schedule I, II or III of the Bank Act (Canada) or an affiliate of such bank or trust company, the Ontario Securities Commission (the "Commission") makes the following order.

Pursuant to the authority conferred on the Commission in clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario), the Commission approves the proposal that the Applicant act as trustee of Burgundy Pooled Funds and such other funds which may be established and managed by the Applicant from time to time, the securities of which will be offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Yours truly,

"Robert L. Shirriff"

"Paul K. Bates"

 

Schedule "A"

Burgundy Canadian Small Cap Fund
Burgundy Asian Equity Fund
Burgundy U.S. Smaller Companies Fund
Burgundy Balanced Foundation Fund
Burgundy Balanced Pension Fund
Burgundy Global Focused Opportunities Fund
Burgundy Pension Trust Fund
Burgundy U.S. Small/Mid Cap Fund
Burgundy M.M. Fund
 
(the "Burgundy Pooled Funds")